FIXME: synchronize with database! An empirical study of data access self-admitted technical debt

• Published in: Empirical software engineering : an international journal Vol. 27; no. 6
• Main Authors: Muse, Biruk Asmare, Nagy, Csaba, Cleve, Anthony, Khomh, Foutse, Antoniol, Giuliano
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.11.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Compilers; Composition; Computer Science; Empirical analysis; Evolution; Interpreters; Maintainability; Programming Languages; Relational data bases; Software; Software development; Software engineering; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems; Source code; Survival analysis; Self-admitted technical debt; Data-intensive systems; Database access; Technical debt

Developers sometimes choose design and implementation shortcuts due to the pressure from tight release schedules. However, shortcuts introduce technical debt that increases as the software evolves. The debt needs to be repaid as fast as possible to minimize its impact on software development and sof...